<h1>Genetics and molecular biology</h1>
<h2>Summary</h2>
<p>Genetics is a discipline of biology which describes the relationship between the properties of a living organism and its genes. All living organisms have a set of genetic properties stored in its chromosomes which are located inside each cell. The genetic properties of a cell is either inherited from one organism to its offspring or copied from one cell to another. These two molecular processes are called meiosis (from parent to offspring) and mitosis (from cell to cell).</p>
<img>minigame_botany_dna_helix:Figure 1. A double-helix model of DNA</img>
<p>A chromosome is a compact coil of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). It can be used to generate different proteins for a living organism; hence giving the organism its properties.</p>
<h2>Exercise</h2>
<p>In this exercise you will learn about some of the features of genetics and how properties are inherited from a parent to its offspring. You will need 3 points to complete this exercise. Points can be collected by answering the quiz or by completing the minigame in heredity. More information about the topic is available under the information tab or can be read from a separate textbook.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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